Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

Investors call this the seed stage , where money is required to build a market and a real product. Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. Congratulations!

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

Investors call this the seed stage , where money is required to build a market and a real product. Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. Congratulations!

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It is also worth noting that the laws which govern the tech sector, although less developed than the West, will eventually offer the same level of protection and clarity as in the EU. Last year, the Government adopted important regulations covering anti-piracy and online payments. The role of the Russian Government.

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Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

A certain General Partner might know a certain type of customer like telecom carriers, but not others like pharmaceutical companies or government agencies. Interestingly, the demand from entrepreneurs has come in all stages and sizes. Incomplete – Finally, VC networks tend to be incomplete.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

I think that there are certain situations where the Series Seed and other stripped down equity financing documents might be appropriate, but I know that there are lots of situations where early-stage investors probably wouldn’t agree to the Series Seed terms. Series Seed. Series Seed. Voting agreement.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

It's easy to say that companies, universities and the government should be doing more to find a cure, but that ignores years of overlooking the importance of the work of those studying infectious disease, and in many cases, the lack of sophisticated tooling that they urgently need. Have you had any luck overcoming that skepticism?

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

A lawyer I asked about it said: When the company goes public, the SEC will carefully study all prior issuances of stock by the company and demand that it take immediate action to cure any past violations of securities laws. So seed investors usually care lessabout the idea than the people. 6 ]Ive omitted one source: government grants.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

These folks are accessible across any industry and are particularly useful for entrepreneurs who have moved beyond the seed stage of financing, but don’t yet have the significant revenue needed to court venture capital funding. You Can’t Keep Up With Demand. Solid Organizational Processes. You’ve Read The Fine Print.

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Up and Running

MARCH 29, 2017

See Also: Demand Validation: How to Find Out If Customers Want to Buy Your Product. Seed round funding mechanics follow a pattern. At the seed stage, the mechanics of getting money from investors is fairly straightforward. Find your own magic. Over Christmas break, I started building ZipBooks.

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